Alexis' POVWhen I tell you that the look on Jack's face was priceless, I mean it, if I had a camera I would've taken a picture so that I would never forget the cute blush that crept over his face. I watched as he tried, and failed, to fight his blush knowing that I wasn't bluffing. If I had wanted to fuck him right now, he would be on his knees begging for me, and he knew it, but he wasn't the focus of my attention anymore; I had gotten what I wanted from him, but I still had questions for Jake."Love, if I may ask you, what's your favorite food? I know you drink way too much soda, but for some reason that I have yet to understand, instead of damaging you, it heals you.""I'd have to say guacamole, I like Chimichangas a lot too, but I've always had a soft spot for guac.""If I made it so that there were ingredients for guac grown at my place, would you be willing to come to visit me next week?"When I tell you that there were no words to describe the look of disbelief and joy on this
Jack's POVAfter we finished eating, we paid our bill and got out of the restaurant as quickly as we could without drawing too much attention to ourselves. I hadn't opened my mouth about the waitress yet, and Alex knew why; I had told her wolf through our mind link while we were eating, and informed her that I would explain it to Jake before we fused again to meet up with her. She agreed and kissed Jake on the cheek before she made her way to her truck, going the opposite direction that we were going so that if anyone decided to try and tail us they'd have to make a decision: Split up to get both parties or all-in on one party. As we got in the truck, Jake sighed as if there was a metric ton of shit he wanted to say but knew he couldn't say it until I got my info out there, he needed to hear this as much as he may not want to."Alright, Jakey boy, let's get going," I said as I started the truck, and headed down towards the I-35, "The thing about the waitress that we couldn't tell you
Lucifer's POVJack and Jake hadn't been home in quite a while, not that I blame them, they had a lot on their plates. Mate bonds, Criminal activity, protecting their family, you name it they probably have to think or deal with it. As Jake watched us, playing with Jameson, Jack and I watched the rapist that changed their lives groan in pain at the burns over his body."You know, I didn't think that the thermite pit would be that effective, and I have never been happier to be proven wrong.""What brought you to us today, Lucy? You usually don't visit us unless there's something behind it," Jack said as he threw a cigar my way, lighting his own and taking a long drag, he inherited my lungs."Well, I haven't seen you guys in a while, and you found Gloria at the restaurant earlier so I thought I'd have a talk and see what insight I could give. Maybe even clue you in on what her plan is currently, It's not as bad as you would think, but it is Gloria so you've always got to be careful there.
Alex's POVI had never been happier to get out of a restaurant than I had been today, which sent shivers down my spine. Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't be stressing out over a waitress, let alone someone working at a place that seemed so homely; But these weren't normal circumstances, Jack had informed me of who Gloria is and she scared the shit out of me if he was right."A demon of love? That's a new one, even for Jack," I said to myself as I continued down the road heading south, I needed a bit of time to myself to process what he had told me through our link. Apparently, there was a demon for anything and everything, ranging from something as simple as Joy and Bliss to something as complicated as love and that wasn't something I was going to take lightly.'He did mention to not stress over it, that this would be something that he would take care of, didn't he?' Alexis said, trying to help me process what I physically couldn't comprehend."He did, but that's not what's worry
Milo's POVI woke up again in the void, this has been going on for at least a week now, I wake up in darkness and die in darkness. It had gone on for so long that I don't even fear what comes anymore seeing as there seems to be no end, may as well embrace the cold. I had created a small cube that reminded me of the Dwemer Puzzle Cube, that played music to keep me distracted while I tried to come up with ways to escape the void, no matter how many times I died I was determined to find a way out of here. At the moment, "Seven" a song by Boondox was playing, I couldn't control the music box so much as I could will a certain song to play that matched my mood. Seven was a song that I usually woke up to, it symbolized that I was usually scared when I first woke up until I remembered everything. Where I was, Who I am, and How I got here, usually dying the previous day; At this point, I was so used to the cold embrace of the void that I would be more terrified if it was warm and inviting, as
Jake's POVAfter our meeting with Lucy, we got back in the car and headed back up to the home to get ready for our meetup with Alex. When we got home, we saw Derek and Jade waiting for us out front, with stupid grins on their face and we could tell they just got lucky. They had their glow about them, and something told me there was something else to it."Hey Jake, how's it hanging?""Not bad, Derick, not bad at all. How yall doing? How's JJ and Nicki?" I asked and got an even wider grin out of both of them, they did get lucky, and their partners were asleep so they could talk without a filter."We heard from Jack that yall had a meeting with Alex tonight, thought you might need some help getting ready for her," Jade said as Jack went inside to get a drink, he knew it would probably take me an hour or so to get ready, so, might as well kick back and chill."Why not? Y'all know how hard it is for me to get ready anyways.""Oh yeah, we know, we know better than you realize," Derick said
Alexis' POVAfter the longest day that we have had yet, we had finally finished up with all the pack business we had on our 'to do' list, including but not limited to: Inventory stock taking at the general store, the judgment of a few rogues who had requested refuge, and answering a seemingly infinite number of questions about Jacke from our pack. Overall, the day wasn't too bad, just tiring as for every task that we completed we had half a dozen questions to answer about our mate.'Are you sure he's your mate?''What happens if he loses his temper towards the pack?''Is he safe to have here? Or are you only saying he's safe to be here because he's your mate?'These questions and more had made me livid and wanting to rip limb from limb, but I couldn't for obvious reasons. I wasn't going to let their curiosities bring me down, no matter how irritated it made me, he was ours from start to end and as much as we would be there for him, we knew he would be there for us. After finishing the
Jacke's POVWe would be lying through our fucking teeth if we said that what Alex had told us wasn't at least mildly concerning. I mean, it was one thing for an Archdemon to talk about fighting death, because we had danced that dance and came out on top simply because of Jake's will to live; Alex on the other hand, Alex wasn't like us, she was a werewolf and had an afterlife that was blissful waiting for her when her time came."Yo-you do realize what you just said, right?! This kind of thing is no joke to talk about, especially at a time and place like this.""Bold of you to assume I would lie to your face, Pup, if death comes knocking on my door expecting to take me away from you...he'll find nothing but a cornered animal waiting for a good fight. If there's one thing I've learned in my time on this rock we call home, nature always wins, and my Goddess knows my will to be with you. This road we walk isn't an easy one, but it is ours, and our path will show no fear for neither of us